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Forwarded Message: From: Bill East <[log in to unmask]> Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 17:39:08 BST Subject: Re: Saints on trains To: [log in to unmask] Cc: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] is not a member or owner of the railway-studies list *** *** Sorry, only list members and owners may send mail to this list. *** You can contact the list owners by sending mail to railway-studies-request *** On Wed, 14 Aug 1996 11:35:47 GMT Mark Harris wrote: > From: Mark Harris <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Wed, 14 Aug 1996 11:35:47 GMT > Subject: Saints on trains > To: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask] > > Sorry, folks, but I think that the latter part of my posting was > flushed (though I'm sure I typed it in). > > The second question was which saint(s) is/are most appropriate to > railway travel, other than St Christopher? No prizes for guessing > Pancras or Dominic de la Calzada (who might be invoked by the > track and signal-owning body). Curious, isn't it, that the feast day > of both these saints falls on 12 May? > > Mark > ---- > > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > Mark Harris > S-mail: Finance Division, University of London, Room 255, Senate > House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU > E-mail: [log in to unmask] > Tel: 0171-636 8000 x 3488 > Fax: 0171-631 1195 > > > "The reason of a thing is not to bee inquired after till you are > sure the thing it selfe bee soe. Wee comonly are att *What's > the reason of it?* before wee are sure of the thing." > > John Selden (1584-1654), _Table Talk_ > > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * I refer the honourable member to my reply to his earlier question. Oriens. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%